MARQUETTE, MI-- The Superior Watershed Partnership finally received a physical award Thursday after it won Lake Superior Magazine’s Achievement Award in October of last year.
The recognition is given annually to individuals or groups that have significantly contributed to the well-being of Lake Superior and its peoples. Magazine editor Konnie LeMay traveled from Duluth to present the honor now that the pandemic has ebbed. She says the Partnership does endless work with habitat protection and restoration, pollution prevention and invasive species prevention, among other projects.
SWP director Carl Lindquist says the award highlights how much environmental groups can do when they work in tandem with municipalities.
“Great Lakes organizations like ours can do a lot more when they work in conjunction with cities like Marquette,” he says. “We do work with communities all around on Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, but we do more with Marquette than any other, partly because we’re here and partly because we’ve had this great partnership for so long.”
One of the biggest projects the SWP and city have accomplished is moving Lakeshore Boulevard inland. The next step is to create a “living lakeshore” along the beachfront.
The award was presented Thursday morning at the Presque Isle Park Pavilion.
